The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a dreadful start to the 2025-26 NHL season, with a 9-10-3 record. They are last in the Eastern Conference and will not have their first-round pick in June's draft if it lands outside the top five. That is because the Maple Leafs traded for Brandon Carlo , who struggled and is now injured, at the 2025 NHL trade deadline . According to Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos, Carlo could be on the move again.

“The Leafs did explore trading Carlo last off-season, but couldn’t get to the right deal. There's a strong suggestion Toronto and Buffalo were in talks over having Carlo involved in a JJ Peterka trade and then moving towards a Carlo-for-Bowen Byram type of trade over the summer,” Kypreos reported.

He continued, “Carlo still has some attraction to other teams

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